Questions and Co

The answers to the following 25 questions all begin with the letters CO

1 Which country was named after the man who sailed in the Santa Maria?

2 What name is given to a halo of white light surrounding the sun?

3 Which commemorative day is celebrated on the second Monday in March?

4 Which musical instrument was invented in 1844 by Charles Wheatstone?

5 What is the state capital of North Hampshire?

6 Which theatre has been home to the English National Opera since 1968?

7 Scotts Emulsion is a well-known brand of what?

8 What was the fourth tale in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales?

9 Which country has a name that means rich coast?

10 Which star of the film Phone Booth once failed an audition for Boyzone?

11 Which 1978 film earned Jon Voight a Best Actor Oscar?

12 Which film directed by Ron Howard saw Jessica Tandy energise with youthful vigour by alien powers?

13 If canine equals dog what word equates to the crow?

14 What is the medical name for a blackhead?

15 What is added to brandy to make a Sidecar cocktail?

16 Where in the British Isles could one attend theatres called the Granary Theatre and the Half Moon Theatre?

17 Primula Veris is the Latin name for which plant?

18 Where The Boys Are was the signature tune of which singer?

19 In which film did Meg Ryan play a pilot called Captain Karen Walden?

20 Which novel by Charles Frazier was adapted into a film starring Nicole Kidman?

21 Who rang a bell and shouted for order at the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club?

22 What name is given to a male swan?

23 Who played the role of Arnie Becker in LA Law?

24 What is the capital of Sri Lanka?

25 In an orchestra which instrument stands to the right of the double basses and to the left of the flutes?
 

Answers

1 Colombia

2 Corona

3 Commonwealth Day

4 Concertina

5 Concord

6 Coliseum

7 Cod liver oil

8 Cook’s Tale

9 Costa Rica

10 Colin Farrell

11 Coming Home

12 Cocoon

13 Corvine

14 Comedo

15 Cointreau

16 Cork

17 Cowslip

18 Connie Francis

19 Courage Under Fire

20 Cold Mountain

21 Colin Crompton

22 Cob

23 Corbin Bernsen

24 Colombo

25 Cor Anglais